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WINDHOEK, 11 November 2025 - Clinical haematologist, Dr Kudakwashe Simba, pictured with medical officer, Dr Carla van Zyl from NamBTS holding harvested and prepared stem cells just before a transplant in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

Maiden bone marrow transplant opens door to expanded cancer care

WINDHOEK, 02 DEC (NAMPA) – Namibia’s first bone marrow transplant marks a major medical breakthrough, but the service curr...

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao (L) launched the new guidelines for handling HIV/Aids and mother to child transmission documents at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

World Aids Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo

OTJIWARONGO, 01 DEC (NAMPA) – More than 1 500 people gathered at the Mokati Sports Stadium in Otjiwarongo on Monday to comme...

Mulisa Simiyasa

REHOBOTH, 02 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, visited Rehoboth on Sunday to engage with residents regarding healthcare challenges in their community. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

Luvindao provides updates on public health events

WINDHOEK, 29 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao on Friday provided updates on Namib...

ONDANGWA, 21 November 2025- Sinomine Tsumeb Community Trust chairperson Max Johnson (C) handing over the ICT equipment donated the 14 schools offering advanced subsidiary level in the Oshikoto Region. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

Sinomine smelter donates equipment to Oshikoto schools

OMUTHIYA, 21 NOV (NAMPA) – As part of its corporate social responsibility, Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter handed over information a...

WINDHOEK, 21 NOVEMBER 2025 – Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao on Friday urged the public to save lives by donating blood ahead of the festive season as she made her first blood donation at the Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia (NamBTS) headquarters.
(Photo by: Ali Negumbo)NAMPA

Luvindao calls on nation to donate blood

WINDHOEK, 21 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao on Friday urged the public to save ...

KATIMA MULILO, 15 December 2015 - A 14-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging herself in her mother’s bedroom at Katima Mulilo. Here the body of Masendo Muhweta is removed from her family home. (Photo by: Faith Sankwasa) NAMPA.

HIGHER INSTITUTIONS STEP UP MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

By Ali Negumbo and Edward Tenete (NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE) WINDHOEK, 01 DEC (NAMPA) – Mental health has increasingly become ...

WINDHOEK, 12 June 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services Esperance Luvindao at the Government Information Center (GIC) in Windhoek. (Photo: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

Improving maternal healthcare remains a priority: Luvindao

WINDHOEK, 20 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao has stressed that improving materna...

Mathilde Kudumo

WINDHOEK, 03 August 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

School calendar adjusted ahead of 26 November elections

WINDHOEK, 19 NOV (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) has officially dec...

NKURENKURU, 18 November 2025 - Teachers' houses at Nzinze Combined School, where Winfried Metzger, the private operator of the Musese Green Scheme in the Kavango West Region, has launched a teacher housing initiative to address accommodation challenges. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Metzger builds teacher housing at two Musese schools

NKURENKURU, 19 NOV (NAMPA) – The private operator of the Musese green scheme in the Kavango West Region, Winfried Metzger, h...

WINDHOEK, 29 January 2024 - Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia, Rolf Hansen. (Photo: Contributed)

CAN opens palliative care unit in Erongo

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) has announced the official opening of its Palliative Care...

REHOBOTH, 02 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, visited Rehoboth on Sunday to engage with residents regarding healthcare challenges in their community. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

AMR threatens HIV and other key health programmes, Luvindao warns

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, has warned that antimicrobial ...

WINDHOEK, 18 NOVEMBER 2025 - Deputy Director in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC), Knox Otto Imbuwa. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Need to protect girls’ right to education, now more urgent: Imbuwa

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – The need to protect girls’ right to education and strengthen gender-responsive learning has nev...

WINDHOEK, 18 November 2025 - Attendees of the ‘Africa Educates Her’ campaign launch pose for a photo. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Namibia launches 'Africa Educates Her' campaign for girls’ empowerment

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – Namibia on Tuesday launched the 'Africa Educates Her' campaign in collaboration with the African ...

WINDHOEK, 14 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Nandi-Ndaitwah reaffirms universal health commitment

WINDHOEK, 14 NOV (NAMPA) – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to universal health...

OTJIWARONGO, 14 November 2025 - Otjozondjupa regional leadership spearheading organisations of the 2025 World Aids Day commemorations in Otjiwarongo. From left - Otjozondjupa Regional Health Director, Gebhardo Timoteus, Otjozondjupa Regional Council acting chief regional officer, Wilma Guriras and senior information officer, Elago Shipanga of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Otjozondjupa Regional Office. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Otjiwarongo to host 2025 World AIDS Day

OTJIWARONGO, 14 NOV (NAMPA) – More than 1 500 inhabitants of Otjozondjupa, along with guests from 13 other regions, are expe...

Mulisa Simiyasa

KATJINAKATJI, 13 November 2025- Some grade 8 learners at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School writing final exams standing due to a severe lack of chairs and desks. (Photo: Contributed)

Outrage as Katjinakatji learners write final exams standing

By Sawi Hausiku KATJINAKATJI, 14 NOV (NAMPA) – Some Grade 8 learners at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School in the Kavango ...

TSUMEB, 13 November 2025- Tsumeb residents during the launch of the Cancer Awareness and Palliative Care Advocacy project on Thursday.

(Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

Ngurare launches Cancer Awareness and Palliative Care Advocacy project at Tsumeb

TSUMEB, 14 NOV (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare launched the Cancer Awareness and Palliative Care Advocacy project of t...

OUTJO, 13 November 2025- Teachers in the Kunene Region completed a pre-primary and foundational learning course in line with the School Readiness Initiative aimed at improving learner literacy and numeracy skills in the region. (Photo:Dalene Kooper) NAMPA

Kunene teachers gain foundational learning and training skills

OUTJO, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – Teachers in the Kunene Region have completed a training course aimed at strengthening foundational l...

WINDHOEK, 13 November 2025 - Over 100 students from the Institute for Open Learning petitioned the institution, requesting the prompt marking of their August/September 2025 examination scripts. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

IOL students petition institution over ‘unfair’ exam script marking

WINDHOEK, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – More than 100 students from the Institute for Open Learning (IOL) submitted a petition to the ins...

Uakutura Kambaekua

OSHAKATI, 03 June 2025 - Qualified unemployed teachers from Oshana held a peaceful demonstration at Oshakati on Tuesday. (Photo: Maria David)NAMPA

Unemployed teachers appeal for continued recruitment

WINDHOEK, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – The national chairperson of the unemployed qualified teachers, Joyce Liswaniso, has expressed mix...

RUNDU, 12 November 2025 - Officials from the International University of Management and health officials from the Rundu State Hospital tour the hospital facilities. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

IUM hands over medical equipment to Rundu State Hospital

RUNDU, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – The International University of Management (IUM), through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with t...

ONHINDA, 11 November 2025 - The NamPower Foundation on Tuesday handed over a three-classroom block at Titus Ndjaba Combined School, as well as a guardroom and school fence at Oluwaya Combined School in the Epembe constituency of the Ohangwena Region. (Photo by: Max Henrich) NAMPA

NamPower hands over education infrastructure to Ohangwena schools

OMUTHIYA, 12 NOV (NAMPA) - The NamPower Foundation on Tuesday handed over a three-classroom block at Titus Ndjaba Combined Sch...

NDIYONA, 10 November 2025 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare and his delegation on Monday assessed the extent of the damage caused by the fire at the Ndiyona Combined School hostel. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

Prime minister assesses damage at Ndiyona school following hostel blaze

NDIYONA, 10 NOV (NAMPA) – Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare on Monday visited and toured Ndiyona Combined School, where a devast...

MASOKOTWANI, 10 November 2025 – B2Gold Namibia on Monday officially pledged 40 computers valued at N. dollar 250 000 to the Masokotwani combined school in the Zambezi region.
The donation that was facilitated by Urban and Rural Development Minister, James Sankwasa, whom according to Zambezi education deputy director, Norah Munembo has had a history of personally donating to needy rural schools in the region in the previous years.

(Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Masokotwani school receives 40 computers

MASOKOTWANI, 10 NOV (NAMPA) – B2Gold Namibia on Monday officially pledged 40 computers valued at N.dollars 250 000 to Masoko...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

ETUNDA FARM, 07 November 2025 - Vice President, Lucia Witbooi (second from left) officially recieves the Etunda Farm Primary School on behalf of government as handed over by the late Founding President Sam Nujoma's son Sacky Nujoma (third from left) on Friday afternoon at Farm Etunda. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Nujoma family officially hands over Etunda PS to government

ETUNDA FARM, 07 NOV (NAMPA) – The family of the late Founding President, Sam Nujoma, accompanied by the Sam Nujoma Foundatio...

Mulisa Simiyasa

WINDHOEK, 07 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, speaks during the official handover of delegated functions to Regional Councils in Windhoek. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

Health ministry steps up healthcare service decentralisation

WINDHOEK, 07 NOV (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) has intensified the decentralisation of health...

WINDHOEK, 13 October 2025 - ICT Minister Emma Theofelus pictured at the Government Information Centre in Windhoek. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

Digital transformation key to service delivery - Theofelus

WINDHOEK, 07 NOV (NAMPA) – Technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), is essential for enhancing service deliver...

Uakutura Kambaekua

SWAKOPMUND, 05 November 2025 - Deputy Director in the Ministry of Arts, Youth, Sports and Culture (MEYSAC) in the Erongo Region Natalia Guriras being escorted out of the regional council after she was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged fraud. (Photo contributed)

Two Erongo education officials arrested over alleged corruption

SWAKOPMUND, 06 NOV (NAMPA) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested two officials from the Directorate of Education, Ar...

REHOBOTH, 06 November 2025- The Governor of Hardap region, Riaan McNab, the regional Director of Education, Innovation, Sports, Arts and Culture,Paulus Lewin (MEIYSAC) and Knox Imbuwa the Deputy Executive Director of Finance and Administration in MEIYSAC together at the inauguration of the Northside Primary School in Rehoboth on Thursday.
(Photo:Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

Northside Primary School inaugurated in Rehoboth's Kavukiland

REHOBOTH, 06 NOV (NAMPA) - The Northside Primary School was officially inaugurated on Thursday in Rehoboth in the Hardap regio...

Charmaine Boois

WINDHOEK, 22 March 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao. (Photo: Contributed)

Nearly 300 law enforcement and correctional officers receive mental health skills

WINDHOEK, 06 NOV (NAMPA) - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, has revealed that at least 50 City o...

KATIMA MULILO, 05 November 2025 - Local business Greatlands Investments donated 100 desks and 100 chairs to Alufea Sampofu Combined School in Katima Mulilo on Wednesday. Pictured here are acting Regional Director for Education, Norah Munembo (right) with school principal Moses Kalonda and Greatlands Investment Human Resources Director, Fredrika Nambahu during the handover. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Alufea Sampofu Combined School receives desks, chairs from local business

KATIMA MULILO, 06 NOV (NAMPA) – Local business Greatlands Investments donated 100 desks and 100 chairs to Alufea Sampofu Com...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

WINDHOEK, 01 December 2017 - Residents of Kilimanjaro informal settlement in Windhoek marching in commemoration of World Aids Day. The day serves as an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an Aids-related illness. (Photo by:Petrus Muronga) NAMPA

Monitoring and rapid vaccine development alone not enough to end pandemics, Global Council cautions

WINDHOEK, 06 NOV (NAMPA) - Pandemic preparedness that focuses only on improved monitoring or faster vaccine development will n...

KEETMANSHOOP, 05 November 2025 - The entrance to the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre (VTC). (Photo by: Romario Rhodes) NAMPA

Information sessions set stage for new southern VTC

By Romario Rhodes KEETMANSHOOP, 05 NOV (NAMPA) – The Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre (VTC) has invited eligible yout...

Angie September

KHORIXAS, 04 November 2025 - Director of Arts and Culture, Manfred Gaeb conducting consultations with traditional leaders and local authority representatives at Khorixas. (Photo by: Dalene Kooper) NAMPA

MEIYSAC consults with local leaders on national policy for repatriations

KHORIXAS, 05 NOV (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) on Tuesday held ...

WINDHOEK, 11 September 2019 - First Lady Monica Geingos speaking during the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) conference in Windhoek. (Photo by: Vita Angula) NAMPA

Long-acting HIV medicines can transform prevention: Geingos

WINDHOEK, 04 NOV (NAMPA) – Former First Lady and founder of the One Economy Foundation, Monica Geingos, has highlighted the ...

WINDHOEK, 07 August 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp pictuted during the relaunch of the RightStart Programme. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

Namibia reaffirms commitment to inclusive education and innovation

WINDHOEK, 03 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has reaffirm...